Cold wave death toll crosses 200 in UP

January 09, 2013 11:14 IST

People across India continue to face the wrath of the cold wave as it further intensified in several parts of north India.

In Uttar Pradesh, the minimum temperature fell down below freezing point at several places during the past 24 hours. The death toll due to the cold has mounted to over 200 as 31 more people have succumbed to it in different parts of the state.

Meanwhile, the national capital New Delhi continues to shiver at 3 degree Celsius as there seems no respite from the cold wave.

There has been heavy snowfall in Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.

The mercury dipped to minus 5.5 degrees in Srinagar and minus 16

degrees in Gulmarg.

In Punjab, there has been snowfall as far as Pathankot, which is seeing snowfall after 40

years.

In Bihar, Gaya district is the coldest place in the state with the minimum temperature recorded at 2.9

degree Celsius.

The

biting cold and icy winds have aggravated the agony of several homeless people, who are living on the streets and warmed themselves by sitting around the bonfire. Post your winter photos here